Put An Egg On These Tasty Mid Week Meals

It’s British Egg Week and I am celebrating by putting eggs on some of my favourite recipes. In the week I love my meals to be quick and easy but also healthy and delicious. You can even make these dishes before and heat them through and add the egg when you’re ready to eat.

All of these dishes are vegetarian but by putting an egg on top, it really upgrades the meal in flavour, nutrients and adds that extra protein hit vital for every cell in the body. They are really filling and make a perfect post workout mid week meal. Pack the next day for lunch too and take a boiled egg to top when you eat.

Healthy Pad Thai With Egg On Top

Ingredients – serves 3-4

200g brown rice noodles

2 tsp tamaring paste

3 tbsp fish sauce

2 tsp pure maple syrup

1 garlic clove

Bunch of spring onion

Tbsp coconut oil

3 eggs

75g beansprouts

Handful chopped cashews to serve

Method

Soften the brown rice noodles by placing them in a bowl of boiled water for 10 minutes then drain well.

Mix together the tamarind paste, fish sauce and maple syrup in a small bowl.

Peel and finely chop the garlic. Trim the ends off the spring onions and slice.

Heat the coconut oil in a wok or large saucepan and tip in the garlic and spring onion, toss around until soft.

Push the garlic and spring onion to the sides of the wok and crack an egg in the middle. When it starts to cook, break it up into small bits and mix in with the vegetables.

Add the beansprouts and noodles to the wok then pour over the tamarind sauce. Toss everything together.

Fry two more eggs and place on top of the noodles with the cashews.

Pearl Barley and Pea Risotto With Egg On Top

Ingredients – serves 4-6

1 cup of pearl barley

1½ cup of water

½ cup frozen peas

3 tbsp nutritional yeast

2 tsp mixed herbs

Sea salt and black pepper

4-6 eggs

Tamari soy sauce

Method

Rinse the pearl barley then place in saucepan and cover with the water. Bring to the boil then simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes, keep topping up with water if you need to.